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Materials for Assessment

Files you will need for the exam

• AQA GCSE English Lang Exam Paper 1 Explorations in Creative Reading and Writing PDF
• AQA Paper 1 Source A
• AQA Paper 1 Source B

Files you will need to mark the exam papers

• Section A Mark Scheme Paper 1 Explorations
• Section B Mark Scheme Paper 1 Explorations

Live Scripts

Many thanks to all schools who took part in our second mock exam project and thanks again to all the schools who put themselves forward. We were overwhelmed with the positive feedback and generosity of busy teachers and hope you find this useful.

• These live scripts use the assessment papers available on a download below

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